What are you feeding your long-nosed hawkfish

Joshua1023 · 01/07/2007, 07:11 PM

Just curious. I feed mine freeze-dried krill. I break it into pieces so that he can fit them in his mouth. He eats right out of my hand. If I try tool fool him and hand him something else he won't even go for it. I think thats funny cause there is no way he can tell the differance unless he smells it. Cool fish.

mattyice · 01/07/2007, 09:40 PM

i have seen people feed them gut loaded ghost shrimp, gut loaded guppies, and even gut loaded white shrimp would be good i think

Monkeyfish · 01/08/2007, 11:34 AM

When I kept a long nose I fed him mysis shrimp, pieces of various fish flesh (blue fish, silversides, mahi mahi), krill and frozen formula 1 and 2.

Krill alone is not a sufficient diet. If he refuses other foods don't feed him for a day or 2 and then he'll eat whatever you offer.

tslabaugh · 01/08/2007, 01:45 PM

I feed mine brine shrimp, an occasional ghost shrimp, and formula 1.

Joshua1023 · 01/09/2007, 08:38 AM

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Originally posted by tslabaugh
I feed mine brine shrimp, an occasional ghost shrimp, and formula 1.

Is that frozen brine?

jmait769 · 01/09/2007, 09:02 AM

I give mine a pinch of brine shrimp a day which is unthawed from frozen brine bought at the LFS. I have a lot of pods and he searches the rock relentlessly so I know he eats pretty much all day. He also loves shredded up cocktail shrimp which I give once in awhile and dry fish food (I canâ€™t remember the brand) which are very small pellets. Here is a picture of mine:

Jay

Joshua1023 · 01/09/2007, 09:21 AM

Do you find him to be as entusiastic an eater as mine, to the point that he will stick his nose out of the tank or search your fingers when you are just cleaning the tank?

jmait769 · 01/09/2007, 06:03 PM

Oh yes! He is quite a character. I hade a little problem with him getting so excited at feeding time he would jump right thru egg crate! He canâ€™t now as he is a little larger but gave me a scare a few times. Believe it or not I got him at Petco. They had him in a large display tank for months and for some reason no one bought him. My wife fell in love with him and, you know, got to keep her interested so this is her fish!

If you click my red house above you can see a small video of him and my other fish.

Jay

tslabaugh · 01/09/2007, 06:14 PM

Joshua1023 - I feed him live brine shrimp when I have them, but he eats frozen too.

I haven't had mine start coming out of the water for food, yet! haha He does seem to know when its feeding time though. Anytime the canopy door opens, he starts going nuts swimming up to the center of the tank.

axia55 · 01/09/2007, 07:19 PM

Mine swims to the front of the tank every time someone gets close. He is a PIG and eats flakes, several types of frozen reef diet, frozen mysis.

01/07/2007, 07:11 PM	#1
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	What are you feeding your long-nosed hawkfish Just curious. I feed mine freeze-dried krill. I break it into pieces so that he can fit them in his mouth. He eats right out of my hand. If I try tool fool him and hand him something else he won't even go for it. I think thats funny cause there is no way he can tell the differance unless he smells it. Cool fish. __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

01/08/2007, 11:34 AM	#3
Monkeyfish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Long Island (NY) Posts: 4,077	When I kept a long nose I fed him mysis shrimp, pieces of various fish flesh (blue fish, silversides, mahi mahi), krill and frozen formula 1 and 2. Krill alone is not a sufficient diet. If he refuses other foods don't feed him for a day or 2 and then he'll eat whatever you offer. __________________ Eric "One thing that humbles me deeply is to see that human genius has its limits while human stupidity does not." Current Tank Info: Taking a break

01/08/2007, 01:45 PM	#4
tslabaugh Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dibble, Oklahoma Posts: 251	I feed mine brine shrimp, an occasional ghost shrimp, and formula 1. __________________ Tyler Slabaugh Current Tank Info: 58g oceanic reef, 29g toby tank, 10g FW community planted/snail breeder

01/09/2007, 09:02 AM	#6
jmait769 -CSHFLW Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Cruces, NM Posts: 2,685	I give mine a pinch of brine shrimp a day which is unthawed from frozen brine bought at the LFS. I have a lot of pods and he searches the rock relentlessly so I know he eats pretty much all day. He also loves shredded up cocktail shrimp which I give once in awhile and dry fish food (I canâ€™t remember the brand) which are very small pellets. Here is a picture of mine: Jay __________________ "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" - Thomas Alva Edison http://www.reeftronics.net/jay-m/reefcam Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon, Marco Rocks, 8x80W ATI Powermodule, Apex, Super Reef Octopus XP-3000 external

01/09/2007, 09:21 AM	#7
Joshua1023 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reading PA Posts: 1,526	Do you find him to be as entusiastic an eater as mine, to the point that he will stick his nose out of the tank or search your fingers when you are just cleaning the tank? __________________ Only bad things happen fast. Only bad thing happen fast. Only bad things happen fast. Man,I'm friggen hard-headed!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gl tank,Coralife 14K MH lights,2 Current dual daylight/actinic 40 watt fixtures, tidepool sump,Coralife SS 220 protein skimmer,six inch sand bed w/ plenum, Current Prime Tower 1/3 hp Chiller,RedSea ozonizer w/ orp

01/07/2007, 09:40 PM	#2
mattyice Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 1,935	i have seen people feed them gut loaded ghost shrimp, gut loaded guppies, and even gut loaded white shrimp would be good i think

01/09/2007, 06:03 PM	#8
jmait769 -CSHFLW Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Cruces, NM Posts: 2,685	Oh yes! He is quite a character. I hade a little problem with him getting so excited at feeding time he would jump right thru egg crate! He canâ€™t now as he is a little larger but gave me a scare a few times. Believe it or not I got him at Petco. They had him in a large display tank for months and for some reason no one bought him. My wife fell in love with him and, you know, got to keep her interested so this is her fish! If you click my red house above you can see a small video of him and my other fish. Jay __________________ "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" - Thomas Alva Edison http://www.reeftronics.net/jay-m/reefcam Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon, Marco Rocks, 8x80W ATI Powermodule, Apex, Super Reef Octopus XP-3000 external

01/09/2007, 06:14 PM	#9
tslabaugh Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dibble, Oklahoma Posts: 251	Joshua1023 - I feed him live brine shrimp when I have them, but he eats frozen too. I haven't had mine start coming out of the water for food, yet! haha He does seem to know when its feeding time though. Anytime the canopy door opens, he starts going nuts swimming up to the center of the tank.

01/09/2007, 07:19 PM	#10
axia55 Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North Canton, OH Posts: 993	Mine swims to the front of the tank every time someone gets close. He is a PIG and eats flakes, several types of frozen reef diet, frozen mysis.